CALENDAR OF EVENTS IN 1993
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A $1.27 billion contract is awarded for the construction of the Western Kowloon Expressway North Section.
The Privy Council makes Orders providing for the implementation of the final phase of the British Nationality Selection Scheme, and for the phased issue of British National (Overseas) passports to British Dependent Territories Citizens before July 1997.
The Ministry of Defence announces plans for the deployment of British Forces in Hong Kong between now and 1997. The garrison will be reduced in stages over this period, as local forces assume responsibility for its former operational tasks.
The government announces the establishment of the Boundary and Election Commission, an independent body to take charge of electoral matters including the delineation of geographical constituency boundaries.
The government announces the sale of Overseas Trust Bank, Limited to the Guoco Group Limited for a total consideration of $4,457 million. The sale of the bank, taken over in June 1985, marked the end of the government's efforts to rescue banks in the 1980s.
A $997 million contract is awarded for the construction of the Western Kowloon Expressway South Section.
Hong Kong's essential services mobilise, in response to a request from the Mayor of Shenzhen, to assist their Guangdong counterparts to fight a major fire at a dangerous goods storage depot at Qingshuihe in Shenzhen.
Baron Kadoorie of Kowloon in Hong Kong and of the City of Westminster, the first Hong Kong resident to be made a member of the House of Lords, dies at the age of 94.
The Green Paper on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men is released for public consultation.
A $1.72 billion contract for the first phase of the Central Reclamation is awarded by the Mass Transit Railway Corporation on behalf of the government.
A $5.7 billion contract for the construction of the Western Harbour Crossing is signed.
Container Terminal 8, which has the capacity to handle 1.8 million TEUs a year, is officially commissioned.
Hong Kong and Australia sign a new air services agreement and an agreement for the promotion and protection of investments.
Mrs Anson Chan, Secretary for the Civil Service, is appointed Chief Secretary to succeed Sir David Ford on November 29. She is the first local, female officer to be appointed to the post.
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